PEADATTA.— MOMAPIIANA. 71 



Pradatta pulverulenta. (Plate CXLIV. fig. 11.) 



Expanse 1 inch. 



Male. Fore wing pale oehreous, powdered with brown scales ; an indistinct black spot at 

 end of cell ; a broad diffused black streak from base along median nervure to outer margin. 

 Hind wing ochreous white. Underside ochrcous white, with diffused fuscous streaks along 

 veins of fore wing. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous brown ; anal tuft bright 

 ochreous. 



Can easily be distinguished from P. pallescens by the broad median fuscous streak on 

 fore wing. 



Masalia terracotta. (Plate CXLIV. fig. 22.) 



Expanse -fi-l inch. 



Male. Fore wing brick-red, with dusky streaks along the veins, especially the median 

 nervule ; some specimens streaked with yellow between the veins ; edge of costa ochreous ; a 

 yellow streak in the cell, continued along second discoidal nervule to outer margin as a shining 

 white streak. Hind wing smoky white, some specimens pinkish along the veins. Underside 

 ochreous white, sometimes pinkish J disc of fore wing smoky. Antenna;, head, and thorax 

 ochreous brown ; abdomen ochreous white. 



Allied to M. [Pradatta) beatrix, which has no fuscous suffusion on upper- or underside. 



Masalia rosacea. (Plate CXLIV. fig. 23.) 



Expanse \^ inch. 



Male. Fore wing longer and narrower than in M. terracotta ; apex more acute ; bright 

 pink ; edge of costa and veins white ; a shining white streak along second discoidal nervule. 

 Hind wing smoky. Cilia of both wings, head, and thorax pink ; antennae white ; abdomen 

 fuscous. Underside smoky white ; costa, cilia, and legs pinkish. 



BOMBYCOID^. 



Momaphana sinens. Walk. (Plate CXLIV. fig. 6.) 

 Orthosia sinens, Walk. Cat. Lep. Hd. xi. p. 746. 



Expanse, ,$ 1 inch. 



Male. Smaller than the type female; the markings greenish grey; a short black streak 

 outside the black dot near the base ; the black mark near the outer angle lunulate ; a black 

 spot beyond it on outer margin in both sexes ; cilia alternately white and blackish. Hind 



